Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 13:57:58 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20100115 From: jwhueh@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, January 15, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- C. Churchill J. Evans, E. Klimek SPICAM 17:21 00:02 E. Hilton E. Hilton Agile 00:10 06:42 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- NM05/R 17:29 00:10 0 0 0 0 6.2 0.5 0 0 UW04/R 00:10 06:57 0 0 0 0 6.8 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J. Huehnerhoff Clear weather the entire night. Seeing improved second half to an arcsecond or less. ------- FAILURE LOG ------- PROG INST FAILURE MODE TIME (SEDFNVOG) TI/SHU START FINISH DESCRIPTION ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- FOCUS LOG --------------- Time Instrument Focus Az El Temp Strc Prim Sec Air filt FWHM -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:26 SPICAM 227( 123) -31 70 -1.1 0.9 -0.4 -0.2 -0.2 g' 1.21 18:27 NA2gdr 746(30746) -31 70 -1.0 0.9 -0.4 -0.3 -0.2 clear 1.08 00:11 AGILE 77(-2460) -95 35 -2.3 -2.6 -2.3 -3.3 -2.6 r' 0.90 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 34 19 6 296 (WNW) 280 clear none 17:00 31 18 12 10 (N) 279 clear none 18:00 30 16 17 32 (NNE) 187 clear none 19:00 30 16 16 19 (NNE) 161 clear none 20:00 29 17 15 7 (N) 238 clear none 21:00 31 12 15 42 (NE) 191 clear none 22:00 30 15 13 359 (N) 221 clear none 23:00 31 14 13 352 (N) 284 clear none 00:00 30 15 13 16 (NNE) 278 clear none 01:00 29 17 13 351 (N) 347 clear none 02:00 29 15 10 4 (N) 375 clear none 03:00 29 15 19 24 (NNE) 380 clear none 04:00 29 16 11 358 (N) 387 clear none 05:00 28 14 16 354 (N) 357 clear none 06:00 28 15 12 8 (N) 350 clear none Note: the wind was coming from the azimuth listed. The convention used is north=0 degrees, east=90 degrees. The dust count is particles > 1u per 0.1 cubic feet. TELESCOPE STATUS Telescope drives operational. Current TCC version: 2.11.1 Current TUI version: 1.7.0